Commodore SS Series II
Driver: Anonymous
BESTuners Commodore SS Series II 04 Report
Deep Forest Raceway Time: 113.092
Exterior: Well if youre Australian youll love this car, its an icon for us and is probably one of the most used cars in the country. Its big, its built as a family car but not short on racing car look, packed with a wing and some nice rims this car would certainly turn your head if you saw it drive past your house. One thing I was not overly keen on was when applied with a wing it stands out a bit to much, its very high and can take away some of the cars other features, but if your going to race this car you need that wing as the bulk in this car can have trouble sticking to the track without any down force. I decided to fit the bigger wing, it looks way out of place but its down force I am wanting. I also love the light configuration on the front of this car, it looks great.



Pros on the Track: Before hitting the track, I of cause went and packed it full of Horse Power goodness and some other must have upgrades, I also lightened it of cause. So after some tuning (Settings further down) and Racing Medium tires put on I hit the track. With a nice 538 BHP behind the wheels it certainly has enough power, one thing I noticed is with the setting I used and Racing Medium tires it certainly brakes very well.
The acceleration is good, not extremely good but good enough. I hit a top speed of around 265 km/h on the main straight of Deep forest, and with its weight it handled good also, but still not overly impressive.



Cons on the track: Its heavy, and I mean heavy. If youre not the best driver you may struggle with this car, I myself took the time to learn it and find it no problem. I manage to take most corners easily, although with a bit of under steer. Being so heavy if you dont keep the flow through a section of corners you can lose valuable time, and when I mean valuable I am talking about 2 or so seconds around the windy bits of Deep Forest Raceway.



The Conclusion: Big, heavy but with some guts. Its rather fun to drive and when youre able to link some tight corners together effortlessly, this car can really surprise you. But its weight is a problem and if youre not up to a challenge give this car a miss other wise I think its a must drive.



The Information:
Price: $40,430
Type: FR
Power: 538HP/5600rpm
Torque: 630.35ft.lb/4000rpm
Color: Phantom Mica
What to Buy:
Racing Exhaust and air filter - $4,600
Racing brakes kit and Controller - $4,600 and $10,300
Port polish - $5,250
Engine Balancing - $11,000
Racing Chip - $1,250
Fully Customizable Transmission - $10,200
Triple Clutch - $4,600
Racing Flywheel - $1,000
Variable LSD - $6,300
Carbon Driveshaft $2,750
Supercharger - $13,000
Fully Customizable suspension - $16,000
Racing medium tires - $22,250
Weight reduction stage 1, 2 and 3 - $1,100, $5,300 and $21,000
Oil change - $50
Wing - $1,200
Settings:
Suspension
Spring rate - 9/5.5
Ride height - 110/112
Damper (Bounce side) - 5/6
Damper (Rebound side) - 7/8
Camber angle - 2.5/1.2
Toe angle - 0/0
Stabilizer - 4/4
LSD
Initial Torque - 12
Acceleration - 45
Deceleration - 15
Break Balance - 4/4
Down force - 30/30
Gears
1st - 2.856
2nd - 1.901
3rd - 1.379
4th - 1.049
5th - 0.838
6th - 0.702
Final - 3.260
Auto - 16
Note: Set Auto first.
Aids
ASM over - 10
ASM under - 10
TCS - 3